Emain Macha

Emain Macha

Emain Macha's square

Emain Macha's Church

Description

A lakeside city surrounding the Sen Lake.

Emain Macha suffered through many years of turmoil due to foreign imperial rule and the Fomor Clan invasion. Reconstructed to its former splendor and revived as an important cultural center, Emain Macha is famous for the Knight's Templar, a place of honor for courageous and legendary heroes.

Emain Macha is a city which sits on the northern edge of Lake Sen in central Uladh. Famous for its magnificent art and architecture, the city was long ruled by the lord of Emain Macha.

The westerly sea wind from the east causes heavy rainfall over Dunbarton and subsequently loses most of its moisture content in Antrim Mountains. Then, the wind picks up additional water vapor from rivers surrounding Antrim Mountains and arrives in Emain Macha and Tara. Thus, the precipitation is uniform year-round. The pleasant climate also contributes to a growth in the population and the size of the city.

Osna Sail, to the north-east, connects Emain Macha to the city of Dunbarton, while the Blago Prairie to the west leads to Uladh's capital city, Tara. Coill Dungeon can be found located to the north-west, While Rundal Dungeon can be found to the east of the city.

The second largest cathedral in Uladh exists here, and functions as a major congregation for followers of the Church of Lymilark. A magic school formerly stood in the current location of Paladin training grounds, but it was closed under unknown circumstances.

Due to its balmy climate and high precipitation, Emain Macha exports corn in vast quantities.

The Emain Macha Watchtower has a Viewscope, which enables a short cutscene displaying the highlights of the city, as well as a Telescope.

There are three cutouts that can be found around the town: Succubus Signboard, Imp and Golem Cutout, and Nao Billboard.

The town is also well known for its nightclub the Bean Rua, also known as the "paradise of red-haired ladies".

Northwest of the city lies the Paladin Training Grounds, where recruits train to become Paladins in order to serve and fight for Morrighan.

The Advancement Test Hall can be found to the north of the city.

In the southwestern corner of Emain Macha lies the Puppet Workshop, where one can learn the art of Puppetry. A Steam Oven, a Dry Oven, and several Carpentry Workbenches also stationed there.

Emain Macha also holds the Emain Macha Cooking Contest every Samhain (Saturday) in the Town Square.

Macha According to Emain Macha (Spoilers)

This part of the current article contains spoilers.

The city was named after the Badhbh Cath Goddess of War and Destruction, Macha. Emain Macha means "Macha's Incarnation".

Macha fell in-love with a mortal, but was betrayed by him as he married another woman. She fell under deep sorrow and grief and committed suicide by throwing herself into one of Emain Macha's lakes, but not before cursing all of Erinn, which is passed on in present day in the form of a song. This curse slowly destroyed the world; there was drought, the lake provided no fish and turned crimson, and the dried up trees could not bear a single fruit. This then gave her the nickname, Goddess of Destruction. Eventually, the city was named Emain Macha, commemorating and immortalizing her for future generations to remember her for all eternity; it was only then that Macha's curse was lifted.

It is said that Macha's spirit takes the form of a mermaid or a siren, which explains the design of the town's emblem.

The Tragedy of Emain Macha (Spoilers)

This part of the current article contains spoilers.

One of the infamous invasions took place within Emain Macha, known as "The Tragedy of Emain Macha", where the city was under heavy siege along with many citizens injured and/or killed. Eavan's and Jenna's father and Aodhan's mentor were known to have died in the tragedy trying to save others. Rian, the last known Lord of Emain Macha, was accidentally killed by Redire during the event in which resulted him escaping a sentenced execution and becoming Price. Redire's lover, Aranwen, also blamed herself for leaving her post in Emain Macha and quit her duty as a Paladin and left to Dunbarton.

Although is widely believed that the Fomors were responsible for this event, with Generation 2 depicting Goblins raiding the nearby Coill Dungeon, Generation 11 also shows Royal Alchemists, who later became Corrupted Alchemists, attacking.

The tragedy was all a planned event created by Esras, Rian's adviser who had ambitious goals, according to her letters. She tricked Redire into "rescuing" an infant Triona, a "fomor" that greatly resembled a human, which prompted her father Morgant to invade the city to take back his "kidnapped" daughter. Fearing that Redire would interfere with her plan, she tricked him and Aranwen to a date at Gairech Hill on the day of the invasion, but they were soon alerted and immediately rushed back. A fight between Morgant and Redire ensured, but Redire's sword was knocked out of his hand and impaled itself into Rian's leg, injuring him greatly. Esras then appeared and returned Triona, prompting Morgant to retreat, and then arrested Redire for "causing" the event and injuring the lord. Unfortunately for Rian, he did not survive the injury and passed away shortly after Redire's arrest; Esras did not announce his death, but instead used this opportunity to reanimate his body to become her mindless puppet to take over the city. Once this piece of her plot was complete, Esras made various changes to Emain Macha, notably the fee for training Paladins and having them "train" at Barri Dungeon's gold mines in order to be able to harvest its riches, in order to fuel her ultimate goal of recreating Tabhartas and then using it to find Lia Fail so she could become a God.

Map

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Legend
	Corn Field
	Apple Tree
	Hen
	Flower Patches
	Sheep
	Cow
	Well
	Rua's House
	Moongate
	Dungeons
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Local NPCs

NPC	Occupation	Location
Agnes	Healer	Healer's House
Ailionoa	Tailor	Clothing Shop
Aodhan	Knight	Castle Stairs
Bean Rua Attendant	Bean Rua Attendant	Pub
Beggar	Beggar	Town Square (Slightly North)
Craig	Paladin Trainer	Paladin Training Ground
Del	Florist	Town Square
Delen	Florist	Town Square
Fraser	Apperentice Chef	Restaurant
Galvin	Shop Owner	General Shop
Gerallt		Puppet Workshop
Glen	Craftsman	Puppet Workshop
Gordon	Professional Chef	Restaurant
Huw		Puppet Workshop
Hywell		Puppet Workshop
Ioan		Puppet Workshop
James	Priest	Cathedral (Outside)
Jocelin	Banker	Bank
Lery	Royal Alchemist	Puppet Workshop
Lucas	Nightclub Owner	Nightclub
Macaulay	Craftsman	Puppet Workshop
Nele	Bard	Town Square
Nona		Puppet Workshop
Osla	Weapons Dealer	Weapons Shop
Rich person	Citizen	Town Square
Robadt		Puppet Workshop
Rua	Singer	Nightclub (Random Appearance)
Rua's Brother	Citizen	Rua's House
Siani	Craftsman	Puppet Workshop
Shena	Waitress	Restaurant
Sym		Puppet Workshop
Tibbie		Puppet Workshop
Tyron	Paladin Trainee	Paladin Training Ground
Wyllow	Pope	Cathedral
Rian	Lord of Emain Macha	Castle (G2)
Esras	Minister	Castle (G2)

Public Tools

• Cooking Oven at the restaurant
• A Dry Oven, a Steam Oven and some Carpentry Workbenches can be found near the puppet workshop.
• Looms and Spinning Wheels near the clothing shop

Events

Emain Macha is a host to important weekly events:

• Cooking Contests
• Arpeggio NPC Concerts

Gathering Locations

• Auditorium

Getting Married

Players can come to Emain Macha's church to get married. See the main article on Marriage for more information.

Trivia

• Far south of Emain Macha, there is a small island that cannot be reached under normal circumstances. The only identifying feature of this island is that it has a sign that contains a single, four lettered word marked as XXXX.
  • Using the Telescope at the top of the Observatory will reveal that a series of numbers is printed on the sign. However, the numbers change each time the cutscene is viewed.
  • During Generation 22, James explains that the island where the signpost lies has ties to The Tragedy of Emain Macha. The signpost has a magic spell cast on it, which may explain why the numbers on it change.
• Emain Macha (pronounced /awən maxə/) is based on a real-life site.
  • Macha refers to both the Goddess Macha and the word macha, which refers to a cattle-field or plain.
  • The exact meaning of the word Emain is debated; the words twin and brooch are given in various stories. It may instead be a derivation of an older word that meant holy mound.
• Using the Macha the Goddess of Destruction Keyword on Delen in-game reveals that she believes the word Emain means another body or twin.
  • The Milletian's note in Macha According to Emain Macha suggests that they take away from this conversation that Emain Macha means Macha's Incarnation.

Gallery

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  Emain Macha concept art. Note the inclusion of Manus.

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  Emain Macha from the Kartrider X Mabinogi Crossover.